This privacy policy applies only to this website. The website is operated by Hive of Hands Ltd.
'Hive of Hands'; 'we'; 'us'; and 'our'; means Hive of Hands Ltd of 6 Prebend Lane, Welton, Lincoln, LN2 3JU.
When you register to Hive of Hands your details, including your PROFILE, can be made available for searching, viewing over the Internet and downloading by any direct recruiter or Candidate. Hive of Hands attempts to verify the identity and the nature of the business of the organisations, however does not make any warranties as to their authenticity.
When you register with us as a candidate or recruiter, we will process your personal data on the basis set out in this policy, as it is in our legitimate interests to do so following your registration. We will collect personal information from you, such as your name, contact details, details of the kind of work you are looking for, the location where you want to work and your PROFILE. We will use your personal data to manage your account and to email you about our services which includes job alerts and emails about courses that are relevant to your fields of interest. We may contact you regarding site changes or changes to the Hive of Hands products or services that you use.
When you register, we store some information about you in your account, but it is protected by your password and may only be accessed by you. It does not form part of our Candidate database and cannot be searched or accessed by Hive of Hands customers. You can delete your account at any time. Your PROFILE, unless you choose the option to 'hide', will be accessible to any Hive of Hands customer. If you choose to hide your PROFILE, all clients of Hive of Hands will be unable to view or access it.
Please do not submit your personal information to us if you do not want us to collect it.
We ask candidates not to include information on their PROFILE that is considered sensitive personal data, for example your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, your health, sex life or sexual orientation.
If you choose to create a profile and upload a PROFILE to our database, we rely on you to ensure that your details are kept up to date. You should update your PROFILE at least every six months, particularly if your contact details have changed.
Please note that Hive of Hands reserves the right to remove from our database, PROFILEs which include any content that we consider to be illegal or offensive.
We may record and share aggregated information with our clients. Additionally, if you input your information on a co-branded registration page or job application page, eg a Hive of Hands client-company registration page then the information that you give becomes the property of both Hive of Hands and the client. Hive of Hands is not responsible for the information that the client receives.
Hive of Hands will also use the aggregate data to identify employment trends across different industries, such as salary averages. This information will not be capable of being linked to any personally identifying information about users.
Please be aware that some of our customers may be located in countries outside the European Economic Area.
PLEASE NOTE: current employer may be a customer of Hive of Hands, or a client of one of our customers. Hive of Hands cannot restrict the customers who access profiles on our database and cannot be held responsible for any eventuality.
Our website does not use cookies to collect or store any personal data from our visitors. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe browsing experience. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
If you register with Hive of Hands, you will receive email communications from us. You will receive essential communications, but on registering may also be given the option to receive 'Job Alerts' and 'Updates'.
We will send you messages that we consider necessary to meet our legal obligations and your expectations of us, including about your account, application confirmations and documentation relating to purchases of optional premium products.
In accordance with our Terms & Conditions, if you do not wish to receive emails of this nature, you should not use Hive of Hands (see Closing your Hive of Hands account below)
Hive of Hands gathers general information about users, for example, what services users access the most and which areas of the Hive of Hands site are most frequently visited, the number of PROFILEs on the database, or the number of visitors to the site and for other lawful purposes. Such data is used in the aggregate to help us to understand how the Hive of Hands site is used. We gather this information so that we can continue to improve and develop our services to benefit our users. We may make this aggregated information available to users of the Hive of Hands site, to our clients, advertisers, suppliers and other reputable third parties. These statistics are anonymous and contain no personal information and cannot be used to gather such information.
The site is protected against unauthorised access using the latest security devices and 'firewalls' where possible.
These options are available when you log in to our website.
You may access and amend your personal details at any time.
You may 'deactivate your PROFILE' from Hive of Hands meaning that your PROFILE and profile will not appear in any PROFILE Searches. You may not be able to apply for vacancies with your PROFILE after you deactivate.
You may unsubscribe from any employment or promotional information that we may send to you by in any of the following ways:
Using the unsubscribe function at the bottom of the email
Amending your account details by logging in to our website
Contacting us on the Contact page of our website.
You will continue to receive essential communications. In accordance with our Terms & Conditions, if you do not wish to receive emails of this nature, you should not use Hive of Hands (see Close your Hive of Hands account below)
You can remove the information that Hive of Hands stores about you, at any time, by logging in to your Hive of Hands account and choosing to delete your account.
If you have any questions about this policy or our use of your Personal Information please raise your query via our email at support@hiveofhands. If you do not think we are handling your Personal Information adequately, you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office. Further information, including contact details, are available at https://ico.org.uk